Bell Times 2017-18

Bell Schedule 2017-18

Posted on 08/29/2017

New Bell Schedules for 2017-18

The district is implementing new school bell schedules for the 2017-18 school year.

Starting Fall 2017, there will be two tiers of school schedules and the school day for all students will be 20 minutes longer. This change will result in more time for student learning and teacher collaboration. Schools will also have 75-minute early release every Wednesday (except the first day of school, Sept. 6.)

We extend our sincere appreciation to Mayor Murray for bringing this issue forward as a city priority and to the City Council for their funding solution. This allows the district to eliminate the latest or third tier of school start and end times, which has been a hardship on many of our families.

The final two-tier 2017-18 bell schedule reflects changes that address possible loss of high school instructional time, maintains the current school start times for many elementary and K-8 schools, and eliminates the third tier ensuring that all students begin school by 9 a.m.